Ikusa Rulebook (12 mb pdf) - Wizards of the Coast

Military UnitsEach plastic military figure represents a unit of 16th-century Japanese warriors. Below is a brief description of therole each unit type plays in the game. A unit’s combat value is the number that it needs to roll or less to eliminate anenemy unit.Daimyo: Combat Value 6A daimyo was a provincial warlord who commanded a large army of warriors. Daimyofigures aren’t placed on the game board; instead, a daimyo is placed on its army card. Thedaimyo and all the figures on that army card are represented on the board by a single armymarker.A daimyo figure represents himself and his entourage, and counts as a military unit. Guardyour daimyos well: if you lose your last daimyo, you’re out of the game!Samurai Bowman: Combat Value 6These long-range units represent experienced warriors who were deadly accurate with bowand arrow. Because they can quickly fire at the enemy over the heads of their own armies,they are powerful during battle.Ashigaru Gunner: Combat Value 4These long-range units represent inexperienced peasant farmers, each armed with a guncalled a harquebus. Although these guns had greater penetration power than bows, they wereless accurate and took more time to load. Therefore, gunners are less effective in combat.Samurai Swordsman: Combat Value 5These units represent the samurai elite class: warriors by birth who were highly disciplinedin Kendo, the Way of the Sword. Your swordsmen are hand-to-hand combat units.Samurai Ronin: Combat Value 5In feudal Japan, ronin were masterless samurai: warriors for hire, whose loyalty lasted onlyas long as the battle. Your samurai ronin units symbolize those mercenaries. You may “hire”two or more ronin units for only one round of play at a time. Your samurai ronin fight alongwith your samurai swordsmen in hand-to-hand combat.Ashigaru Spearman: Combat Value 4These units represent peasant warriors, each armed with a long, curved spear called a yari.Like swords, yaris are hand-to-hand weapons; but historically, the ashigaru’s inexperiencerendered his spear less deadly than the samurai’s sword. As a result, spearmen are lesseffective in combat.6